From 8-year old Hilda’s diary:

Everyone is angry at me today except Grandfather. Just because I said that cats and dogs are better than babies. But it is true to me. Why are grown-ups always telling you to be truthful and when you are, they get mad at you? Aunt Minnie was here this afternoon. She is the daughter that Tante Esther is living with and she has a darling Collie named Bonnie. They both came here for tea and while we were having it, I held out my piece of buttered toast so that Bonnie could take a bite and she did take a big bite and then I took a bite and everyone yelled at me not to ever do that. They said it was dirty but I said that Bonnie’s mouth was much cleaner than Uncle Felix’s pockets, and I had to eat dirty old peppermints out of those and then I got very mad and said all the animals I know are much nicer than the people I know and that Bonnie and Sherry are much nicer than all the babies in the world, even Helen Violet. So then I was sent from the table but I took Bonnie with me, so I didn’t care.